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Long-term impact of β-blocker in elderly patients without myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Tatsuya FukaseTomotaka DohiTakuma KoikeHidetoshi YasudaMitsuhiro TakeuchiNorihito TakahashiYuichi ChikataHirohisa EndoShinichiro DoiHiroki NishiyamaIwao OkaiHiroshi IwataShinya OkazakiKatsumi MiyauchiHiroyuki DaidaTohru Minamino
Published in: ESC heart failure (2021)
Long-term β-blocker use was significantly associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events in elderly patients with CAD without MI or systolic HF. In particular, the chronotropic incompetence action of β-blockers could increase the risk of admission for HF in elderly patients with CAD without MI and systolic HF, and the present findings warrant further investigation.
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